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I don't understand what you're trying to imply. My point is just that money is useful and it can make your life and the lives of your family easier, and that t
by endtime 16y ago
I don't understand what you're trying to imply. My point is just that money is useful and it can make your life and the lives of your family easier, and that there are reasons for wanting it other than not being Buddhist enough.
- tptacek 16y agoI'm saying you can justify a near arbitrary amount of acquisitiveness in the name of your kids lifestyles. Generally I think acquisitiveness is fine as long as it doesn't come at society's expense. But, I also think a lot of benign-seeming acts by acquisitive people come at a subtle significant cost to society; e.g., supporting the repeal of the estate tax.
- endtime 16y agoBy "society" should I assume you mean "other people who want my stuff"? I see nothing unjust about an arbitrary amount of acquisitiveness. I don't think success, or its material reward, are inherently sinful. I do think it's unhealthy to be obsessed with acquisition for its own sake, as opposed to when one has healthy intentions for that which is being acquired; but in any case, that's nothing to do with the collective good to which you refer.